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The opening prayer and welcome by Pastor-in-Charge the Rev Raymond Fong Wesley Methodist Church (MC) celebrated its 136th anniversary with a special Sunday Combined Worship Service on 21 Feb 2021. The service was a milestone in Wesley MC’s history as it was the first time the respective services from both the Hall and Sanctuary were […]

A class organised by TRAC BOSM A TRAC BOSM class In December 2020, the Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC) Board of Seniors Ministry (BOSM) organised a class to help our seniors handle anxiety. The eight sessions were based on the LifeGuide Bible studies on anxiety by Skip McDonald. After completing the class, participants realised the Bible […]

TRAC WSCS ladies at the Lakeside After nearly a year without physical meetings, 99 TRAC WSCS ladies gathered for a morning of silence and solitude. No, we did not contravene any COVID-19 safety regulations—the ladies met in 15 groups of at most eight persons over two weekends in the Singapore Botanic Gardens, Jurong Lake Gardens […]

Zoom screenshot from the online ETAC WSCS Young Women Forum The ETAC WSCS Young Women Forum was held on 27 Feb 2021 via Zoom. It was attended by women between the ages of 26 and 35 from the various ETAC churches and facilitated by women who have been serving in WSCS ministries over the years. […]

Care and Love Malaysians Malaysia brothers and sisters at the inaugural CALM event 2020 was a year like never before. So when we entered the year 2021, it was not with the usual hope and joy for the New Year but with panic and uncertainties. Among those who faced a very troubling year were our […]

Are there only 144,000 saints? Introduction COVID-19, for all its menace, serendipitously uncovered the presence of South Korean cult Shincheonji in Singapore.i Shincheonji proclaims its founder Lee Man-hee has donned the mantle of Jesus Christ and will take 144,000 people with him to heaven on the day of judgement. Rather ironically, it reached a point when […]

The migrant workers taking part in team building Christmas themed games Christmas 2020 was a very special one for the Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC) Board of Social Concerns and some of the migrant workers who live in dormitories. Bro Solomon (Singapore Telugu Methodist Church [MC]), Bro Barnabas (Tamil MC [Short Street]) and Bro Satish […]

A new chapter for Methodist preschools The Rev Niam Lai Huey (left, PIC of SKMC) and Dr Moo Swee Ngoh (MPSPL Director) Methodist Preschool Service Pte Ltd (MPSPL) held its first Thanksgiving and Dedication Service on 28 Dec 2020 at Bedok Methodist Church (MC). The service was live-streamed to the other four centres at Faith […]

Mrs Kalaimathi Nagulan performing “Nandri Yesuvea” “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers [Parents], do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.” (Col 3:18–21 NIV) These […]

Speakers and participants As part of the MCS 135 celebrations, the MCS Youth Conference Committee organised an online “Youth Matters” forum on 10 Dec 2020. The Rev Bernard Chao, a lecturer at Trinity Theological College who teaches a “Rethinking Youth Ministry” course to youth workers, moderated the forum together with a panel comprising Pastor Ian […]

Some of the beautiful results of PLMC’s volunteers’ hard work From 16 to 20 Dec 2020, worshippers from Paya Lebar Methodist Church (PLMC) visited more than 1,700 families, bringing gifts of love, joy and hope. Unlike the Christmas Carnivals we organised in previous years, the COVID-19 pandemic gave us the opportunity to think outside the […]

A cosy celebration with the CCIS Family The CAM dancers used the powerful tools of flags in their proclamation dance In 2006, the Rev Oh Beng Khee, one of the founders of Celebrate Christmas in Singapore (CCIS), invited Mrs Irene Tan GP, then Barker Road Methodist Church (BRMC) Lay Leader and Chairperson of Creative Arts […]